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Saturday, August 24, 2013

I have labeled the childhood photos with the matching blogs for you all to peek at!! Because of the volume of entries, winners will be notified throughout the weekend. I appreciate your patience as we send out emails and prizes.

Click on each image to see the photo

Winner of the $125 Amazon Gift Card!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to

MEAGAN RAVEY

You will receive an email notification and once your email has been confirmed, I will send you the Amazon gift card!!

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Are you ready to have some fun??....Play a game? .....Win prizes and cash?I have teamed up with 65 AMAZING blogger buddies to put together the ultimate Back to School Linky/Giveaway!!!Each one of my blogger buddies submitted a cute childhood photo & generously donated something special from their online TpT shops for this occasion!! We have included a fun game for you to play for a chance to win over $300.00 in prizes and a BONUS CASH-PRIZE raffle you can enter at the end of this post!!

CHA-CHING!!

The game is easy to play....

Your job will be to try and match each blogger with their childhood photo!!! With over 60 childhood photos and bloggers to match up, this might get tricky!! As I mentioned above, each blogger has generously donated one awesome prize from their TpT store. Successfully match a blogger and childhood photo, and you win the prize offered from that blogger!!! The more you matches you make, the more prizes you win!!!

Check out some of the prizes you could win!!!

but Wait....

That's not all....

ONE lucky follower will win a $125 Amazon Gift Card!! Scroll to the bottom & follow the directions in the Rafflecopter for a chance to win $$$

The link below will open a form that will allow you to submit your answers for the match up.

Use the blogger links and numbered images to help you along the way!! Each childhood photo has been assigned a specific number.

Once you open the form, use the drop-down menu beneath each blog button and select a number that corresponds to a childhood photo. The form results will be collected throughout the week. At the end of the week, each submission will be "graded" and you will receive a prize for each blogger and photo you successfully matched up!!

The game closes on Friday, August 23rd at midnight (Arizona Mountain Time). Answers will be announced on Saturday, August 24th. Winners will be notified through email throughout the week.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

I
can't wait for my new Kinders! I am so excited to see their excited,
smiling faces! But no.... I am not ready! I have really enjoyed the
leisure of sleeping in, playing with my kids and relaxing!

I love teaching, but if I could come to school at 9:00 am, I would be a much more rested teacher! But since that will never happen, I am going to have to adjust my body this week, during my teacher inservice (and drink lots of coffee!). And speaking of inservice....

I have soooo much to do to get my classroom ready, I am starting to really stress!!! I need to finish organizing my room (remember, I moved again!) and decorate! And, I can't forget, I need nameplates, name tags, first week plans,.... Okay, keep calm... It will all work out!

I do have a couple of back to school packs on sale today and tomorrow (don't forget to use the sale code to get up to 28% off!)

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

These Thinking Mats will really help reinforce math skills in my classroom.

I love that the mats are slick, glossy card stock that my students could easily use a dry erase marker to write on them. The pieces for each mat are perforated, so this is a quick and easy center to set up!

The kit comes with 15 mats and supporting game pieces. There is also recording sheets in the resource guide to assess your students! {And they are all geared to the Common Core Standards}

If you would like to purchase them, you can visit Carson Dellosa here and you can see a video of the product here.

Want to win a set of these wonderful mats?{This giveaway is for U.S. residents only. I will email the winner to get your mailing address - Carson Dellosa will be mailing you the Thinking Mats, so make sure to leave me your email}

Sunday, August 4, 2013

I get it almost daily! Of course I want to say - "No, Not Yet!" - but I always end up saying "Getting there!" I moved classrooms {again!} So I started going to school last week to unpack boxes! Wow! Unpacking, organizing, and moving furniture is so exhausting! But, looking around my room, I realized I needed some new items to update my classroom!

I was so blessed! Oriental Trading answered my prayers earlier this Summer! They sent me some awesome goodies!!! Look at all my goodies!

{This review is based strictly on my opinion. Others may have a different opinion or experience with the products listed above. I was provided the samples free of charge by the company and I provided my honest opinion. No other type of compensation was received for this review}

Thursday, August 1, 2013

This year, my school is departmentalizing. That means Kindergarten is being departmentalized. This is a new concept for me! I am so used to teaching all subjects {and I really do love teaching them all - it is going to be a touch transition for me!} This year I am teaching Math and Science. To get ready to be the best Math and Science teacher I can be, I have begun to look for some new manipulatives to help my kinders. Well, when Smilemakers contacted me and asked if I would like to review one of their products... I was so excited! I knew I needed something for my Math small groups! I visited their great website, and the first thing I noticed was their notice of free shipping if you spend $49! I Love Free Shipping!!!!And I love that you can shop by occupation! It makes it so easy to go and get great teaching products!

After I received my package, I could not wait to open the box! Look at these cute boards!

And, I love that my students can use a dry erase marker on them and they are magnetic!

I plant to use these with my small groups! I love Smilemakers! I can't wait to do some more back to school shopping!

Smilemakers offers Teacher Perks! Teachers can receive free shipping with any order of $49 or more {or flat rate shipping on any order of $48.99 or less}! And....Teachers will receive special private sales and free gift orders! Wow! Don't you love it when companies love teachers??? :)